Interpretation and Usage. In this Agreement, unless there is a clear contrary intention: (i) when a reference is made to a section, an annex or a schedule, that reference is to a section, an annex or a schedule of or to this Agreement; (ii) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; (iii) reference to any agreement, document or instrument means that agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof; (iv) reference to any statute, rule, regulation or other law means that statute, rule, regulation or law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any law means that section or provision from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of that section or provision; (v) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article, section or other provision of this Agreement; (vi) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; (vii) references to agreements, documents or instruments will be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and (viii) the terms “writing,” “written” and words of similar import will be deemed to include communications and documents in e-mail, fax or any other similar electronic or documentary form.
Interpretation and Usage. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears: (a) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually; (c) reference to any gender includes the other gender and the neuter, as applicable; (d) reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof; (e) reference to any Legal Requirement means such Legal Requirement as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any Legal Requirement means that provision of such Legal Requirement from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such section or other provision; (f) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other provision hereof or any Exhibit or Schedule attached hereto; (g) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include” and “includes”) means including, without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term, and will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (h) Section headings are provided for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of any provision hereof; (i) any references to “Section”, “Schedule” or “Exhibit” followed by a number or letter or combination of the two refers to the corresponding Section, Schedule or Exhibit of or to this Agreement; (j) with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”; and (k) references to documents, instruments or agreements will be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto.
Interpretation and Usage. The section captions or headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Each reference to a designated section (or §), Schedule, or an Exhibit is, unless otherwise specified, to a section (or §), Schedule or an Exhibit to this Agreement. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise: (i) all nouns and pronouns stated in either the singular or the plural will include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, the feminine or neuter gender will include the masculine, the feminine, and the neuter, (ii) the words “including” and “includes” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation” and “but is not limited to,” respectively; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section (or §) or other subdivision; (iv) “or” is not exclusive; (v) the word “will” shall have the same meaning as the word “shall”; (vi) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and shall not simply mean “if”; (vii) references to “day” or “days” in the lower case means calendar days; and (viii) references to a particular Person include such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement.
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Interpretation and Usage. In this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
Interpretation and Usage. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, and (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns.
